Cory Hamilton

25 - Cory Hamilton

Height: 6-1
Weight: 195
Year: RS Senior
Hometown: Elk Grove, Calif.
High School: Sheldon
Position: RHP

2009: Drafted by Detroit in the 23rd round...pitched in 20 games...made six starts...recorded 33 strikeouts in 37.1 innings...gave up 33 earned runs...pitched in one combined shutout...career-high 4.2 innings against USC with a personal-best five strikeouts...did not walk a batter in his last six innings pitched...pitched two shutout innings in relief against San Diego State.

2008: Made one appearance for UCI...struck out one and gave up a run on two hits in one inning...member of the Sierra Baseball League champion Lodi Grape Sox.

2007: Posted a 4-1 mark on the mound...made 11 appearances, five starts...pitched 24 innings and struck out 15...allowed six earned runs on 27 hits for a 2.25 ERA...recorded a career-high four strikeouts against Loyola Marymount...played with the Brewster Whitecaps...0-1 on the hill...pitched 15.2 innings...gave up 13 earned runs and struck out 15.

Sheldon High School: Two-time All-Delta League...named the team's Best Pitcher two years...helped Sheldon High to a league championship in 2004...holds the school record with the most number of strikeouts in a season (67) and fewest number of hits allowed in a game (1)...also set a school mark, holding opposing batters to a .167 average in 2006 was 3-5 on the mound...posted a 1.89 ERA...gave up just 15 earned runs on 41 hits in 55.2 innings...hurled five complete games...2006 Optimist All-Star...competed in the 2006 Sunbelt Classic...rated the fifth-best prospect by Team One West in 2005 and ranked seventh in the Top 10 by Team One Nationals that same year...2005 Area Code Team member...played on the 2005 Dodger Elite Team...also a member of the Colorado Rockies Scout Team.

Personal: Scholar-athlete...parents are John and Tracy...has two siblings, Trista and Jason...sociology major.

CAREER STATS:

YEAR ERA W-L APP GS CG SV SHO/CBO IP H R ER BB SO
2007 2.25 4-1 11 5 0 0 0/1 24.0 27 7 6 12 15
2008 9.00 0-0 1 0 0 0 0/0 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
2009 7.96 0-2 20 6 0 0 0/1 37.1 45 35 33 29 33
Total 5.78 4-3 32 11 0 0 0/2 62.1 74 43 40 42 49